La Aurora Hors D'Age

From seed to finished product, it takes 12 years to create La Aurora Hors D’Age cigars. The Ecuadorian wrapper and binder merge with fillers from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua to make the Hors D’Age a full-strength cigar that’s prefect for the experienced cigar aficionado or the novice who wants to step-up. A full-bodied cigar, La Aurora Hors D’Age delivers notes of black pepper with hints of wood, cinnamon, nuts, and citrus.

Cigar Origin

Dominican Republic

Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.The Dominican Republic is the world's first producer of cigars. Most factories are located in Santiago, in the center of the island, and in close proximity to the tobacco fields grown in the fertile Cibao Valley. While tobacco and cigars have always traditionally been produced in the Dominican Republic, many Cuban cigar makers established in the Dominican Republic after the Cuban communist revolution, elevating the quality of Dominican cigars.

Strength

Full

Wrapper Color

Colorado

Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.Colorado is a medium brown color also known as EMS or English Market Selection as this used to be the color with more popularity in England than in America.

Wrapper

Ecuadorian

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.Ecuador is the perfect place to grow wrappers, because it is located on the Equator! And it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the wrapper plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. Ecuador supplies Connecticut and Sumatra type wrappers to many cigar factory in the world.

Binder

Ecuador

The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. Ecuador is the perfect place to grow binders, because it is located on the Equator and it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. Ecuador supplies Connecticut and Sumatra type binders to many cigar factory in the world.

Filler

Colombia

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Dominican Republic

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Nicaragua

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Rolled by

Handmade

Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.

Manufacturer

La Aurora

La Aurora is a family owned and operated cigar factory established in Santiago, Dominican Republic in 1903 by Don Eduardo Leon Jimenes, the grandfather of its current President, Guillermo Leon. La Aurora is the oldest cigar facyory in the Dominican Republic.